God, Evolution, and Animal Suffering

On 9 March, Assistant Dean Bethany Sollereder joined the OnScript Podcast to discuss a subject that covers issues of theology, science, morality, and interactions between humans and animals.

Was there death and violence before the Fall? Was there cancer before? Did lions go after gazelles before the Fall? Bethany Sollereder says yes, yes, and yes. So what, if anything, changed in creation through the Fall? This episode probes the question of animal suffering throughout the evolutionary process, as well as the theological implications of death in the pre-Fall world.